Here are my weekly Edmonton notes:
- Make sure you get out and vote tomorrow! You can follow the local election discussion on Twitter using the hashtag #yegfed.
- City Council this week approved the proposed $132 million arch bridge that will replace the aging Walterdale Bridge.
- Sharon has a good recap of the City Market’s decision to not proceed with the Mercer Warehouse as a year-round venue.
- Both the Edmonton Public and Edmonton Catholic school administrations are facing tight financial situations that will affect staff and students in September.
- Local singer Alyssa Reid has a hit song on the charts, but is known for her Bieber parody on YouTube.
- More recognition for DONOVAN Creative’s rebranding project for the Edmonton Public Library! They’ve won the IFLA International Marketing Award for 2011.
- Spring is here and that means the City is starting to clean our 4700 kilometers of roads. The operation which will remove about 180,000 tonnes of dirt and gravel is expected to take nine weeks. You can see the schedule here. Also – take the 15 to Clean Challenge!
- The arena news this week had to do with seat mortgages, an idea being pushed by Stadium Capital. Here’s the Katz Group’s statement on the proposal.
- Strathcona County Mayor Linda Osinchuk says that at any given time 40% of the beds at the Youth Emergency Shelter Society here in Edmonton are used by kids from Strathcona County, and she wants to explore building a shelter closer to home.
- Thursday, April 28 was the 100th anniversary of the first public demonstration of flight here in Edmonton.
- St. Albert ranks 18th on a list of the 25 worst commutes in Canada.
- The City released details this week about Water’s Extreme Journey, a new feature coming to the Valley Zoo this summer.
- Here’s a good article on Stantec’s recent success.
- EEDC released its annual report this week, which you can read here in PDF.
- Did you get up early this week to watch the Royal Wedding? There were lots of parties around the city, and an awful lot of tweeting for the middle of the night!
- For more headlines from the past week, check out theedmontonian.com.
- City and Dale is looking for contributors! You have until May 9 to make your submission.
- Nominations are now being accepted for Edmonton’s fourth Poet Laureate.
- The City of Edmonton is hosting a number of open houses highlighting the benefits of Transit Oriented Development (TOD). The first takes place on Tuesday evening at Avonmore Elementary School. Once again, this is an example of how NOT to do public involvement. These “open houses” are to provide information, but also for citizens to provide feedback. Will there be another opportunity? Who knows!
- The first ever Tweet the Arts Meetup takes place on Thursday evening at The ARTery. Register here!
- Also Thursday evening is Connections 2011, an opportunity to connect with City staff on programs and services. The venue change this year to City Hall is a welcome one.
- A public meeting will be held on Thursday to discuss a new proposed business area in Central McDougall.
- For more upcoming events, check out ShareEdmonton.
The signage went up on the EPCOR Tower this week. Understated!
Signs of spring! Photo by Morpheus_uk.
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